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To some, the United States is the land of wretched excess, where too much is just enough. We’d personally nominate the Persian Gulf Emirate of Dubai for that prize, but we digress. Tipping the scales solidly in favor of the good ol’ U.S. of A again is this monstrous Frankenstein of an engine created by an engine builder in the Seattle, Washington area known only as “Ray.” What exactly is this beast? It’s a V-12 made from one and a half GM LS-series small-block V-8s. Meaning it’s a 90-degree, pushrod engine. “Ray” and friends have reportedly built two other complete engines, one for a customer in Norway for use in a P-51 aircraft replica, and another under the hood of a Chevrolet Suburban.

Doing some quick math, if it’s based on the 5.7-liter LS1, a V-12 would be 8.6 liters or 519 cubic inches. If you were to start with the 2008 Chevrolet Corvette – Motor Trend Magazine” target=”_blank”>6.2-liter LS3, that would give you a 9.3 liter or 564 cubic-inch engine. As insane as this engine is, the car it’s going into is even more insane. The builders are reportedly going to shoehorn this beast into a Datsun 280 Z. To say that would make for an entertaining ride would be an understatement.

The block is a carefully-welded together marriage of one and a half LS blocks, with the middle cylinder re-sleeved. The engine built for the aircraft reportedly had a custom-built single-piece crankshaft, but subsequent engines will reportedly use a more affordable two-piece design. Those of you concerned of what will become of the other half of the engine not used for the Franken-engine, fret not, a V-4 was made that could conceivably be used in a motorcycle application. Check out the video below of the walk-around of this monstrously marvelous creation.